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Not until the game was over and the Rochester Americans' 3-1 loss to the Lake Erie Monsters was official did Johan Larsson learn that the guy who pays his salary was in the house.

Buffalo Sabres - and Amerks - owner Terry Pegula dropped by Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester Community War Memorial to watch some hockey on Friday night. He didn't see a great display. The Amerks fell behind, which meant they were in trouble since they lack natural scorers.

"You look at our lineup and outside of (right winger Mark) Mancari, we don't have a lot of guys that have scored a lot of goals," coach Chadd Cassidy said. ...